ACROSS
1. Clack away on a keyboard
5. Happiness in a bottle
10. Smiling faces, so to speak
13. One more than three
14. Edgar Allen Poe’s bird
15. Type of bot
16. Pink (as a color)
17. Ironically
18. Hold up, what’s that?
19. What a pastor does
21. Spitballing
22. Spellign
24. Long times
26. Stalky plant commonly found in the Amazon
27. Mistakes, to an Irish person
28. I’m sorry, is anyone else really distracted by that bug?
29. Michael _____
30. Vassar alma mater
31. Spiky little animal
32. It’s just that, the bug is blocking the numbers a little bit.
34. Type of bear
35. The moon’s daytime counterpart
36. Not beginnings, but _____
40. I’m trying to write the clues, I really am.
41. Two ____ two equals four
44. Poor plan-maker
45. Opposite of frown
47. Criminal activity
48. P!nk (as an artist)
49. I didn’t want to say this because it’s kind of embarrassing, but that bug is really scary.
50. Grape picking state
51. Opposite of pause
52. Soliloquy
55. Flying squirrel relative
56. Lefty pitcher on the ’56 Dodgers
59. Naturally
61. Hopefuls
62. Primary election candidate in Minnesota’s seventh district
63. “Veep” or “Succession”
64. Info desk position
65. Email auto response
66. Ok, maybe the down clues will be easier.
DOWN
1. Frozen in thought (abbr.)
2. To ___ or not to ___ (parody question)
3. Spineless behavior
4. Ok, I’m already struggling. I’m really scared of bugs. Could you maybe try to swipe it off the page for me?
5. Book banners?
6. Slugs and snails eat these
7. Like Simon and Garfunkel or Nikita Kruschev
8. Edible arrangements?
9. Surely _____ and kindness will follow me all the days of my life
10. Lewd phone conversations
11. I think it’s getting closer! What do I do?
12. American “Gothic”
15. This isn’t a real clue
20. Maker’s mark
21. The real basketball G.O.A.T.
22. There, their, they’re
23. French Canadian bacon?
25. Help it’s right on top of me!
26. Not if, but when
28. Player
33. Support systems
34. Beatle juice?
36. GOD, SOMEONE GET THIS BUG OUT OF HERE!!!!
37. I CAN’T KEEP GOING LIKE THIS!!!
38. Plink plonk, for example
39. Live long and prosper?
40. HELPPPP HELP!!!!
41. I’m just going to close my eyes while I write the rest of the clues.
42. Poranfe wofa
43. I’vase’’ve
46. Uhuebgi iwngekke ______
53. JHIUE7777
54. Om’veeycnee (roe sjort)
56. uakjdnee
57. BVEads hej671
58. /a;’EE bending
60. T9jal clye.
Solutions
